Marshall University Athletics
Herd Swimming and Diving Readies for Nike Cup Thursday
11/18/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - The Marshall swimming and diving team will compete in the three-day Nike Cup hosted by the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.
A recap from preliminaries and the finals will be available after each session on Herdzone.com. Preliminaries begin at 9:30 a.m. on each day of competition, while the finals start at 5 p.m.
HAVE YOU HERD?
Marshall swimmer Madi Pulfer (Ottawa, Ontario) has been named the Conference USA Swimmer of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.
The sophomore led the Herd with two wins at Ohio last Friday, including a lifetime best and top ten time in the 1,000 yard freestyle with a time of 10:16.21. Pulfer also won the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:02.81. Pulfer's award is the fourth consecutive Conference USA athlete of the week for Marshall. Junior Diver Megan Wolons (Williamsburg, Va.) won Diver of the Week in each of the three preceding weeks.
TRAMEL TALK
Marshall Coach Bill Tramel on the Nike Cup
"This will be a great experience for our Divers and Swimmers. There are some fantastic teams in this meet. The most recent poll has Carolina ranked No. 2 in the country. State is No. 7. Duke is No. 17. This will be the best competition Marshall University has ever faced in the history of our program."
"On a personal side, this is a homecoming for me. I was the head assistant coach at Chapel Hill for nine years. In fact, I was the Meet Director of this meet during those years. I have been wanting to take our team to Nike Cup ever since I arrived at Marshall University. Until now, I didn't think we were ready. I believe we are ready now. I want to thank North Carolina's head coach, Rich DeSelm, for inviting us."
On the pool
"Koury Natatorium is such a fast pool. It even looks short. From the indicators I have seen in our practices, we are going to light that place up. I'm really excited and the athletes are as well."
On the weekend:
"Obviously, with such strong teams, we need to step up and really look the other teams in the eye. We can't be afraid. We have to approach this meet in a way that we belong here. While we may not be the No. 2 team in the country, we certainly aspire to move in that direction. We have worked hard during the fall semester and have a three day rest behind us. We are ready to go. We are ready to throw down. This should be a very fun weekend."
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, November 19, 2015
WOMEN'S EVENT # EVENT MEN'S EVENT #
1 200 Freestyle Relay 2
3 500 Freestyle 4
5 200 Individual Medley 6
7 50 Freestyle 8
9 Diving 10
Women 3 Meter
Men 1 Meter
11 400 Medley Relay 12
Friday, November 20, 2015
WOMEN'S EVENT # EVENT MEN'S EVENT#
13 200 Medley Relay 14
15 400 Individual Medley 16
17 100 Butterfly 18
19 200 Freestyle 20
21 100 Breaststroke 22
23 100 Backstroke 24
25 Diving 26
Women 1 Meter
Men 3 Meter
27 800 Freestyle Relay 28
Saturday, November 21, 2015
WOMEN'S EVENT # EVENT MEN'S EVENT#
29 1650 Freestyle 30
31 200 Backstroke 32
33 100 Freestyle 34
35 200 Breaststroke 36
37 200 Butterfly 38
39 10 Meter Diving 40
41 400 Freestyle Relay 42
10 Meter Tower competed at Duke
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